Basket-anvil.



A. BODJAGK.

BASKET ANVIL.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 22, 1912.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

ADAM BODJACK, OF ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN.

BASKET-ANVIL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 22, 1912.

Patented J an. 6, 1914:.

Serial No. 727,259.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADAM BODJACK, citizen ofthe United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Berrien andState of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBasket-Anvils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to nailing anvils and more particularly to ananvil designed for use in nailing or tacking the handles of fruitbaskets to the sides of such baskets.

It is one aim of the invention to provide an anvil for the purposestated, so constructed that a basket disposed thereon in position forthe application of its handle, will be firmly supported so that thenails may be readily and quickly driven into place without likelihood ofsplitting either the handle or the basket body.

Another object of the invention is to provide an anvil so constructedthat it will serve not only as a support for the basket and handle andas a means for riveting the nails when driven into place through thehandle and sides of the basket, but also as a means for holding thebasket body and its handle in proper relative position during thenailing operation without the use of any clamping device.

The invention also aims to provide an anvil for the purpose stated whichmay be readily secured upon any flat sided base and which may, ifdesired, be used without being secured in place and without likelihoodof its overturning during the nailing operation.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the anvil embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 isa side elevation thereof, the view illustrating also in section, abasket and its handle arranged upon the anvil in position for theattachment of the handle. Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the anvil. Fig.4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 illustratingthe manner in which the basket body and its handle are held properlyrelatively positioned during the nailing operation.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In the drawings, the base of the anvil is indicated by the numeral 1 andis preferably of greater length than width and the base at one side andat and adjacent its rear end is cut away as at 2, the greater length ofthe edge of the cut away portion being of right line extent andindicated at 8. The base is formed with an opening through which isfitted a screw 4 for the purpose of securing it in place upon anysuitable base, such for example as indicated at B in Fig. 1.

The shank of the anvil is indicated at 5 and is formed integral with theupper face of the base 1 and extends upwardly and forwardly at an angletherefrom and by referrlng to Figs. 1, 3 and 4 of the drawings, it willbe observed that the shank 5 is located at the rear end of the base 1 atthat side thereof opposite the side which is cut away. It will furtherbe observed that that face of the shank 5 which is presented toward thecut away side of the base and which is indicated by the numeral 6, isplane and parallel to the edge 3 of the cut away side of the base. For apurpose to be presently explained, the distance between the face 6 ofthe shank 5 at its lower end and the edge portion 3 of the base is equalto the width of the ordinary basket handle, or substantially so.

The head of the anvil is indicated by the numeral 7 and is integral withthe upper end of the shank 5, its connection with the shank being bracedby means of a web as integral with the face of the shank and the underside of the said head.

It will be observed from inspection of Figs. 1 and 3 that the head 7 isoifset laterally and forwardly with respect to the shank 5 so that itoverhangs the portion of the base between the lower end of the shank andthe edge portion 3. It will also be noted that the forwardly ofiisetportion of the head projects beyond the plane of the forward side of theshank 5, as indicated at 9. The upper face of the head 7 is plane and isindicated by the numeral 10 and this face is inclined downwardly in thedirection of its ofi'set portion 9 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. In otherwords, the planes occupied by the upper face of the head 7 and the upperface of the base 1 converge in the direction of the attached or broaderend of the said base.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the U-shaped handle whichis to be attached to the body of the basket and which is indicated bythe numeral 11, has one of its arm disposed upon the upper face of thebase 1 and resting at one edge in the corner between the said upper faceof the base and the face 6 of the shank 5 and the other arm extendingabove the upper face of the head 7 and that after thus arranging thehandle, the body of the basket is disposed between the arms of thehandle with one side 12 resting upon that arm which rests upon the base1 and the other side 12 disposed beneath the second mentioned arm of thehandle and also resting upon the upper face of the olfset portion 9 ofthe head 7. The body of the basket is so positioned that the edge of itsside 12 will rest against the forward edge of the shank 5 inasmuch asthis edge of the shank is in a plane at right angles to the planeoccupied by the face 6 of the shank, the body of the basket and thehandle thereof will be properly relatively positioned, provided the endsof the arms of the handle are brought into registration with the bottom14 of the basket body. The usual attaching nail is then driven throughthe upper arm of the handle, supposing it to be positioned in the mannershown in Fig. 2, and through the rim of the side 13 of the basket body,the point of the nail being riveted against the upper face of the head7. Another securing nail is then driven through the end of the upper armof the handle and into edge of the bottom 14-. The basket is theninverted and this operation is repeated. It will be noted that thedisposition of the lower arm of the handle and the edge of the lowerside of the basket body against the face 6 of the shank 5 and theforward edge of the said shank will serve to properly position theseparts of the basket, and inasmuch as the handle is of a widthsubstantially equal to the distance between the shank 5 and the edge 3of the base, the fingers of one hand may hold the handle and basket bodyproperly in position while the nail is being driven through the upperarm and through the rim of the upper side of the basket, when in theposition shown in Fig. 2.

It will also be apparent that inasmuch as the upper face of the head 7is inclined with relation to the upper face of the base 1, and thisinclination corresponds to the degree of divergence of the sides of thebasket body toward the top thereof, the said body will be firmlysupported when arranged as shown in the said Fig. 2.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is 1. Ananvil of the class described including a base, a shank upstanding fromthe base, one face of the shank being parallel to one lateral edge ofthe base and spaced therefrom, whereby one side of a basket handle maybe positioned on the base with one edge against the face of the shankand a head carried by the shank and overhanging the surface of the basebetween the shank and the said edge of the base to support the oppositeside of the handle, the body of the basket being supported by the basewith its edge at one side bearing against the shank and overlying theadjacent side ofthe handle and at its opposite side overlying the head.

2. An anvil of the class described including a base, a shank upstandingfrom the base, one face of the shank being parallel to one lateral edgeof the base and spaced =therefrom,whereby to position one side of thehandle upon the base and a head carried by the shank and overhanging thesurface of the base between the shank and the said edge of the base tosupport the opposite side of the handle, the head being also offsetbeyond one edge of the shank to sup- .port the upper portion of thebasket body.

, 3. An anvil of the class described including a base to support abasket body and the lower side of a basket handle, a shank and spacedtherefrom whereby to accurately position the handle relative to thebasket body upstanding from the base, the base having an edge extendingparallel to one side of the shank, and a head carried by the shank andlaterally offset with relation to the side thereof to support the upperside of the basket handle.

4. A basket anvil comprising a base to support a basket body and thelower side of a basket handle, a shank rising from the base and inclinedforwardly, the upper face of the base being planeand the shank beinglocated at the rear end of the base with one face parallel to and spacedfrom the edge of the base whereby a basket body supported on the basewith its edge against the front edge of the shank and a basket handlesupported on the base againstthe face of the shank will be in properrelative positions, and a head carried by the upper end of the shank andhaving a plane upper side, the

,plane upper side of the head converging forwardly toward the base andthe head being offset laterally from the side of the shank and ofisetforwardly from the edge thereof whereby to support the upper side of thebasket handle and the upper side of the basket body in proper relativeposit-ions.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADAM BODJACK. [1 s.] Witnesses:

SAML. W. HONEY, WILL R. STEvnNs.

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